Search for Tenants in Block of Flats

Please can someone suggest a free lookup for finding tenants of a block
of flats. Apparently there is a website where you can search for
neighbours to a given address.

We are having various problems with neighbours in our block and I need
to contact the tenants by name. I already have a list of lessees.

Many thanks - CJB.

Slarty...

Contact, preferably visit, the Valuation Department at your local Civic
Centre/Town Hall. You should be able to consult such a public list there
used fror valuation purposes (Council Tax). I very much doubt that will be
on line anywhere.

Charles Ellson...

The online lists (e.g. Scottish Assessors and the Valuation Office
Agency, with some local authorities providing derived information) are
devoid of personal information.

Nick...

The electoral register now will be based on the situation a year ago, so if
they are new tenants they won't be on there. Young mobile people are
probably the least likely to register anyway.

If it is a serious noise question, for instance, you can go to your local
council. They will ask you to keep a record of any problem that you are
having.

You would be best off going to a solicitor or to a citizen's advice bureau
it is a neighbourhood dispute.

Is there not a residents' association at the place that you can go through.

I know the problem in a private block where the flats are let out to
tenants. I am in such a block where we don't require the owners to lodge the
names of tenants to the managing agents. If it is a general complaint you
should go to the managing agents, if it is a freehold block with managing
agents.

Why don't you try uk.legal.moderated because this is really a legal question
rather than anything to do with genealogy. You might get free advice from
solicitors or advice from other ordinary people who have gone through the
same thing.

Hugh Watkins...

Don Moody wrote to me off list
in a very elegant email

- he really should be a blogger . . .

but my careful reply to him bounced

His question is why do you awant to know the names?

my answer to him was !so what!!
in a democracy freedomn of information rules

Nick...

Well, actually - no, if we are talking about the Freedom of Information Act
(although this just applies to public authorities). Personal information is
covered by the Data Protection Act 1998.

It is true that requesters for information under the FoI Act do not need to
specify why they want the information, although to explain why one wants the
information can possibly help the provider in deciding what information the
requester wants where they are not too specific.

Under the Data Protection Act, personal information can only be used for
the purpose for what it is collected.

As I understand it, when I recently filled out my details for the Electoral
Register I could require my name be left off the public copy.

So your throw-away remark is not very meaningful.

If you want to know more about the Data Protection Act see

Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection Act

Hugh Watkins...

no thanks - UK is lagging behind bothe USA and Denamrk

an honest citizen has nothing to hide

much UK admion / civil service is primitive and out dated

Hugh W

Hugh W